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let's bring in dana bash, our chief congressional correspondent. first of all, dana, is there any indication that congress will come back next week, come back early? because they're scheduled to come back monday, september 9. >> reporter: the short answer is yes, it is possible, and that is information that i was just getting from sources on the democratic side of the senate, of course, democrats run the senate, that they are considering bringing back the senate before the scheduled return date, which is september 9. nothing has been decided yet. the house side, which of course is run by republicans, i was just in touch with a member of the republican leadership who said that the plan is still to wait until september 9. now, this is all very, very fast-moving, so all of that can change. but it's entirely possible that both could come back. if the senate comes back, it would be hard to see the house just kind of staying home next week and not returning to follow suit. that's in terms of the schedule. the thing that i would add in terms of the critic
let's bring in dana bash, our chief congressional correspondent. first of all, dana, is there any indication that congress will come back next week, come back early? because they're scheduled to come back monday, september 9. >> reporter: the short answer is yes, it is possible, and that is information that i was just getting from sources on the democratic side of the senate, of course, democrats run the senate, that they are considering bringing back the senate before the scheduled...
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i want to bring in our chief congressional correspondent dana bash. dana, you have new information, as well. >> we've been talking about the fact that senators mccain, john mccain and lindsey graham released a statement, pretty hard-hitting statement, saying that they're very concerned about action being limited, as barbara was just talking about. i just got off the phone with senator graham to try to clarify if this means that he would actually vote against authorization if it would just authorize limited military force. what he told me is that they would only get his vote if, never mind how the authorization resolution was written, but if they -- in addition to that, gave him and other members of congress very clear timeline, explanation of what they blplano do afterwards, he and senator mccain has been focused on trying to train and harm rebels who are trustworthy in that area. he wants to have very clear information about that and if he doesn't, it will be hard for him to vote yes. why is this important? because he and mccain have been perhaps the
i want to bring in our chief congressional correspondent dana bash. dana, you have new information, as well. >> we've been talking about the fact that senators mccain, john mccain and lindsey graham released a statement, pretty hard-hitting statement, saying that they're very concerned about action being limited, as barbara was just talking about. i just got off the phone with senator graham to try to clarify if this means that he would actually vote against authorization if it would just...
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jim acosta is covering events for us at the white house while dana bash is in our washington bureau. and, jim, the timing of this decision simply fascinating and based on what you're hearing, really last minute. >> very much so, john. this was a very dramatic development that took place here at the white house yesterday after his administration was essentially moving in the direction of eminent military action, perhaps as soon as this weekend. the president made a different decision. at 7:00 last night he really made a last-minute decision to slow down, buy himself some time, and seek authorization from congress. according to senior administration officials who explained how all of this played out to a group of reporters, within the last hour, it sort of takes a little bit of time to explain but it's worth listening to. at first the story first starts, according to the senior administration officials, that this option of seeking directional approval was not really talked about among his top advisers. it was something just just really kicking around inside the president's head, accord
jim acosta is covering events for us at the white house while dana bash is in our washington bureau. and, jim, the timing of this decision simply fascinating and based on what you're hearing, really last minute. >> very much so, john. this was a very dramatic development that took place here at the white house yesterday after his administration was essentially moving in the direction of eminent military action, perhaps as soon as this weekend. the president made a different decision. at...
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we knew that already but his work is more cut out for him than what we thought. >> dana, while i have you here, if it's important as the president says to weigh in on this issue and if so many members of congress agree that they should weigh in on this issue, why wait as long as they are? i mean, the house won't come back until september 9th, which is ten days away from now. the senate might come back a little bit earlier than that. if this is so crucial and there are lives sat@stake and an important message to send to the world here, why wait a week? >> intelligent excellent question. they're saying we think it's important to vote but why are we waiting? i was also told by another republican senator who was on a call this afternoon with senators hagel and kerry and others that several republican senators pushed them to say, why are we waiting, this doesn't make a lot of sense. if you think that this is so important, militarily and for others reasons, if we wait, what's to say that assad won't get some civilians and put them in and around the target areas to make the collateral damage
we knew that already but his work is more cut out for him than what we thought. >> dana, while i have you here, if it's important as the president says to weigh in on this issue and if so many members of congress agree that they should weigh in on this issue, why wait as long as they are? i mean, the house won't come back until september 9th, which is ten days away from now. the senate might come back a little bit earlier than that. if this is so crucial and there are lives sat@stake and...
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options, all of the information and we'll get an update from the president, but i want to bring in dana bash right now. there's a series of briefings being laid out by the administration. declassified briefings over the phone. and classified briefings tomorrow for those members who are in washington. say most members are back in their districts or traveling or some place else during this labor day weekend, congress is not in session. do we anticipate many members coming back to washington tomorrow to have access to that classified information? >> i believe that that is entirely possible, but before we talk about the briefings, i wanted to give you a little bit of news and that is you know, we've seen a series of statements from members of congress on their view on what the president should and shouldn't do. we wrus got a statement from senator john cornyn, republican of texas, the number two republican in the united states senate who is now calling on the president to bring congress back into session and ask for a vote on authorization to use force before any military action is taken in
options, all of the information and we'll get an update from the president, but i want to bring in dana bash right now. there's a series of briefings being laid out by the administration. declassified briefings over the phone. and classified briefings tomorrow for those members who are in washington. say most members are back in their districts or traveling or some place else during this labor day weekend, congress is not in session. do we anticipate many members coming back to washington...
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we're not the world's policeman. >> dana bash. you have the developing news about the president's letter. now i'm understanding you have a response from a pretty significant member of the senate. >> reporter: right. it's the person who deals with the schedule of the senate. that is the senate majority leader harry reid. we have the first lengthy statement and he's announcing that this coming week there will be public hearings in the senate form relations committee. the chairman there, in new jersey has agreed to hold public hearings. they will explain to the senate and the american public and be involved in some grilling about what the mission and the goals would be in syria. the senate is still on board to come back at the time that it is scheduled he says the vote to authorize force in sere ja will happen no later than september 9th. that is the schedule going forward. the bottom line is this vote is not going to happen next week, see a lot of talk, a lot of members coming back, a lot of briefings. the votes will not take place
we're not the world's policeman. >> dana bash. you have the developing news about the president's letter. now i'm understanding you have a response from a pretty significant member of the senate. >> reporter: right. it's the person who deals with the schedule of the senate. that is the senate majority leader harry reid. we have the first lengthy statement and he's announcing that this coming week there will be public hearings in the senate form relations committee. the chairman...
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thank you very much, dana. thank you jim and barbara starr. >>> tomorrow secretary of state john kerry will be on cnn state of the union. that's sunday morning 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. >>> in a move that surprised many d.c. pundits, the president made his case for military action and then said it's now up to congress. new great panel will dig into that. you don't want to miss them. it's going to be better on camera. >>> just ahead, the new york times website disappeared off the web for hours and a group of syrian hackers said they did it. could they take down more than just websites. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. see, i knew testosterone could affect sex drive, but not energy or even my mood. that's when i talked with my doctor. he gave me some blood tests... showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number. [ male announcer ] today, men with low t have androgel 1.62% testosterone gel. the #1 prescribed topical testosterone replacement therapy increases testosterone when used daily. women and
thank you very much, dana. thank you jim and barbara starr. >>> tomorrow secretary of state john kerry will be on cnn state of the union. that's sunday morning 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. >>> in a move that surprised many d.c. pundits, the president made his case for military action and then said it's now up to congress. new great panel will dig into that. you don't want to miss them. it's going to be better on camera. >>> just ahead, the new york times website...
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congress is in recess right now, dana. they're not supposed to come back until monday, september 9, and presumably if they stick to that, that's when tlel here wil a debate and a vote. what are you learning? >> the house speaker is saying the house will take a vote the week of september 9, meaning the house will not come back before that. and the reason he gives in this short statement that he just put out is because it gives house members time to learn more information and, more specifically, for the white house and the obama administration to make the case that this authorization is necessary and the military strike would be necessary in theory. we look at the makeup of both the house and the senate, it makes sense. it makes sense not just because the senate is run by democrats, but also because there are more emirates in the senate. you have seen the most conservative on the republican side and the most liberal on the democratic side to be the most reluctant to use military force. it's just the way the makeup of the sen
congress is in recess right now, dana. they're not supposed to come back until monday, september 9, and presumably if they stick to that, that's when tlel here wil a debate and a vote. what are you learning? >> the house speaker is saying the house will take a vote the week of september 9, meaning the house will not come back before that. and the reason he gives in this short statement that he just put out is because it gives house members time to learn more information and, more...
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dana bash is joining us on the phone. we know there have been some conference calls between the white house and republicans and democrats. what are you hearing? >> that's right. they're going to take place our understanding is in a couple hours with at least on the senate side with republicans and democrats, but we also just learned that tomorrow, that's sunday, the white house is offering or at least administration officials are offering to come to capitol hill on a sunday to offer a classified briefing on the intelligence that the u.s. has on syria's chemical weapons to any and all members who are in town. sunday is labor day weekend. unclear how many will be able to make it in but it's significant for several reasons. one is that members of congress have been real chomping at the bit to get, understandably, to get information in a classified way that makes them feel comfortable that any kind of military strikes would be justified, but also this is just tea leaf reading here, it might be questionable whether or not they
dana bash is joining us on the phone. we know there have been some conference calls between the white house and republicans and democrats. what are you hearing? >> that's right. they're going to take place our understanding is in a couple hours with at least on the senate side with republicans and democrats, but we also just learned that tomorrow, that's sunday, the white house is offering or at least administration officials are offering to come to capitol hill on a sunday to offer a...
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hallowed tradition of washing post journalism has been going down hill there's of course exceptions dana priest has done explosive stories in the last ten years including the cia's black sites you know the secret prisons it was you know that showed our war of our war on terror was in many ways a war of terror a war of kidnapping and many of the people we kidnapped and tortured were innocent so i see it as a real decline over a period of years and you educate your audience every day about the impact of not enforcement of anti-trust if a few corporations are going to take over the media you're going to get a media journalism that is a product that looks like it's it's it's something that state propaganda from the corporate state jeff pesos is the go to ruin the washington post well the most it's been on a steady decline but based we know that one of the most important issues facing journalism today is the surveillance state and these profiteers these companies that get seventy percent of the intelligence budgets. the u.s. intelligence budget is money that comes from the taxpayer and sevent
hallowed tradition of washing post journalism has been going down hill there's of course exceptions dana priest has done explosive stories in the last ten years including the cia's black sites you know the secret prisons it was you know that showed our war of our war on terror was in many ways a war of terror a war of kidnapping and many of the people we kidnapped and tortured were innocent so i see it as a real decline over a period of years and you educate your audience every day about the...